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A replacement is yet to be named for Joel Sampson as the Secretary of Community Development, Youth Development and Sport in the Tobago House of Assembly (THA). Sampson resigned from the post after being elected MP for Tobago West. He was also the electoral representative for the Crown Point/Bon Accord district.

Sampson won his seat in the April 28 general election on a Tobago People’s Party (TPP) ticket, securing the constituency with a total of 6,713 votes, 109 votes more than PNM's Shamfa Cudjoe-Lewis.

On May 5, Chief Secretary Farley Augustine told Newsday that a councillor or an elected assemblyman will soon be selected to replace Sampson as secretary. He said the replacement had already been identified but noted that the name will not be disclosed until all legal formalities are completed.